Tag: Fashioned Culture

The culture of a place whispers to you the secrets from its past & its present. Culture inspires you to re-imagine fashion. Culture provokes you to re-invent fashion and create something uniquely your own. Here’s my take on fashion inspired by the history, customs, traditions, icons and the local life of people from the various places that I travel to.

In the last couple of years, we’ve been seeing gender neutral fashion taking the racks of global fashion giants by a storm! Androgynous styles, unisex clothing and binary collections, blurring the lines between men’s and women’s wear! We’ve seen large fashion brands take to it… like Zara and their ‘ungendered’ collection, H&M and …

Since times immemorial, whenever society has been through its worst… We’ve seen art bring it back to life! It’s simple, the power of imagination, colors and creativity have a way of easing pain and infusing new life into things and times that are in a state of decay…! We’ve heard about some of …

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a huge shift in the way fashion is created and consumed in India. Where even half a decade ago, people were going crazy about innovations in synthetic fabrics and large scale, short production cycles… we’ve come back to a point where natural, rough fabrics, the thought, the skill …

Last month, I celebrated my Birthday in Sri Lanka and must say, I was totally smitten by the sheer natural beauty of the place! The bright turquoise blue ocean, the stark shades of green and the bright orange sunset… together, they formed a medley of colours that I’ll never get out of my mind. I’ve …

All those of you, who know me; also know my obsession for accessories and jewellery. It’s one thing I simply can’t get enough of! One of my favourite places to buy accessories from is not a store at some mall… it’s actually the local flea markets in different cities when I travel. And Tibetan flea …

As a second chapter of my ‘Inspired Fashion’ series… this one is me creating a modern-day Bohemian look inspired by the Latinas, Roman warriors and Tribal arts! Actually, while working on this look, I was generally trying to find out the history behind the various elements that we use in this ‘on-trend’ ‘boho-chic’ look, and …

I’ve always had this fascination for taking traditional stories and cultures, and using them as inspiration to create looks that I’d wear in today’s world! Spanish and Latin American Cultures have always fascinated me greatly as they’re symbolic of the fun and freedom from centuries ago! Traditionally, Spanish culture is what inspired all of Latin American [...]…

With the re-emergence of Indian handlooms at all the various Fashion Weeks, with Anita Dongre’s Grass Roots initiative and Samant Chauhan giving a contemporary twist to Dabka embroidery and zari work at the AIFW A/W 2016, … with FabIndia and Ogaan, and their lovely collection of Indian handlooms… with young upcoming designers like Preetham Jukalkar …

When in Rome, Dress like the Romans! Or the same could be said about Madrid this year!! The IIFA 2016 awards ceremony that was held in Madrid couple of weeks ago, saw all the leading ladies of Bollywood walk the green carpet in outfits that were gorgeous, elaborate and mind-blowingly grand! As is true for …

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About PinkPepperCorn

Some say ‘you learn about the culture of a place through their food’… I say the same about
‘fashion’.
Pink Peppercorn makes fashion more interesting and insightful by fueling it with inspirations from
different stories and cultures from around the world & of course my own wonderful imagination ;)

Sonal is a Post Graduate in Luxury Brand Management from Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing, Florence (Italy) and has over 9 years of experience as a Brand Strategist working in the advertising industry.

She has also been a Consumer Insights Miner specializing in fashion and luxury brands.